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Democrats now openly attack Mamdani (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Liberal just means they support capitalism as opposed to socialism or feudalism, it covers everyone from Scandinavian social democrats to Javier Gerardo Milei.

Liberalism: A Counter History is free on Annie's Archive, it goes through the major liberal philosophers, their role in society, and how they handled the contradictions of liberalism.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Those seem like some major contradictions of the concept of liberty. Ty for the book reccomendation.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Contradictions arise in any ideology, theres no platonic liberalism or socialism to compare practices against, just the utility they've had for the societies (or at least those in power) that used them.